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    "id": 878631,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/878631/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13315,
        "legal_name": "Mugambi Murwithania Rindikiri",
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    "content": "As of yesterday, one of the main issues of concern to me was the pending bills. I am very happy that the former Minister, Hon. Kimunya, is here with us because at the start of the Kibaki administration, there was a serious issue on the pending bills. I am happy that the Committee has recognised the need to look at the element of the pending bills. There are so many things that are happening. There are accumulating pending bills year in, year out, both at the national level and county level. For us to move forward, we should have a clear statement on the status of these pending bills. Are they genuine pending bills or bills that have been created so that money can be utilised through unorthodox means? There are so many stalled projects and every year, there are one or two projects that cannot be completed. The Committee has called for an audit, but I think we also need a special committee that can look at all the pending projects. According to this number, it is alarming that we have more than 560 stalled projects. The element of the laptop project is a very serious matter in this country. We all liked it when it was beginning, but it was not seriously thought of at the beginning. So, we should not let this kind of thing to happen again going forward. That is why the Committee had recommended last year that we need a performance matrix for each ministry, which seems not to be happening even this year. In lieu of that, we can see that even next year, we will end up with a similar problem. There is the element of accountability matrix for the Big Four Agenda. Our President has a very serious concern on this Big Four Agenda and all of us need to support it. The National Treasury needs to clearly bring to the fore the policy and accountability matrix so that Kenyans will know right from the beginning where we are coming from and where we want to go with the Big Four Agenda."
}